The most common methods used to promote SOSComplete! digital products do not differ beyond the most common internet promotion methods. Below are the most common methods used by Affiliates to promote digital products on our network.

 

Specialty Blogs and Websites

One major purpose of SOSComplete!, is to give Affiliates the opportunity to make money on a very, very low budget. One of cost-free/low cost methods of promoting digital products is through specialty (niche) blogs and websites. A blog or website can be easily created and developed very inexpensively, if not for free. They key here is to write on topics related to certain niche interests, and market your blog or website. There are several free online catalogues, (such as BlogCatalog) with thousands of subscribers, which your blog or website can be submitted to in your specialized category. Just type, "blog promotion" or "website promotion" in the search engines, and you will find several online catalogs.

 

Just make sure that your content has something to offer to the community, and is not purely commercial. Webmasters for these catalogues tend to frown upon this, and many reject your submission.

 

Niche Social Media Groups

Another free method of marketing is through the social media channels. I am sure that you have heard of Facebook, Youtube, MySpace, orkut, Twitter, etc. As you probably know, social media websites are among some of the highest traffic yielding websites on the internet.

 

Anyone can create and/or niche groups on a social media website, and send out invitations to friends. The viral nature of social networks makes it so that you can have thousands of members joining your group in minutes. However, similar to specialty blogs and websites, you never want to come across as commercial. Any reference to digital products should be make as a compliment to the purpose of the group.

 

Nonetheless, niche social media groups are a great way to bring attention to the product which you are marketing.

 

Article Marketing

Another free marketing method, article marketing, consists of writing articles, product reviews, giving expert advice, etc. It consists of writing articles, and posting them online for the primary purpose of steering traffic to your website, or a product which you are promoting. A few of the more popular online venues for articles are Ezine Articles and GoArticles, however, if you type "article marketing" into the search engines, you will come across some valuable resources.

 

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Search Engine Marketing, or SEM is a two-pronged methodology of generating traffic through the search engines.

 

The first prong is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is the process of improving a blog or website's ability to rank naturally in the search engines. Aside from the onpage optimization which needs be completed on the blog or website, many offpage measures are also taken, such as link-building. Over time, a webmaster or blog owner should see their search engine rankings improve, resulting in higher volumes of targeted traffic.

 

The downside to SEO is the time it takes to realize results. Generally, it takes 9-12 months for a website or blog to achieve first page rankings. However, once rankings are achieved, SEO can prove to be a highly profitable, low-cost traffic solution.

 

The second prong to Search Engine Marketing is Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing. I am sure that you have conducted a search on a search engine, and have seen results on the top and side of the page entitled, "Sponsered Links". These are individual or companies who pay the search engine a fee for every visitor who clicks on their link, hence Pay Per Click.

 

Pay Per Click is a very common way to promote products. One of the biggest advantages is that you can have your website placed on the first page of the search engines for a specific keyword or phrase within hours, if not minutes with PPC.

 

The downside of PPC is that it can be very competitive, and quite expensive. Nonetheless, you can track which keywords are converting the most sales, and delete the keywords which are not converting in order to bring optimum efficiency to your PPC campaign.